Just think - here in the Gulf Coast area the D-Star repeaters have a
budget of about $30K for a complete installation - that does NOT
include the yearly maintenence cost. There are usually grants
available for the installation cost, BUT the yearly maintenence cost
must be carried by the club - as our local club found out, as in
$500/yr just for extra insurance costs to cover the equip.
73 de Ken H. K9FV
On 8/14/07, Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote:
> There's already a lot of work that's gone into using D-STAR with APRS.
> Check out http://www.aprs-is.net/dstartnc2.htm>> The initial work was done by AE5PL... the javAPRSsrvr mastermind.
>> gerry
>> Stephen H. Smith wrote:
> > William McKeehan wrote:
> >> Has anyone looked at D-Star as a potential replacement for APRS?
> >>
> >> It seems to have a lot of the basic functionality.
> >>
> > There are a LOT of technical, organizational and political obstacles to
> > this ever happening.
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